Clinical Practice Guidlines

Question 1

Define clinical practice guidelines?

Answer 1

Systematically developed statements/evidence to assist practitioners and patients decision about appropriate health care for specific circumstances.

Question 2

a comprehensive set of rigid criteria outlining the management steps for a single clinical condition or aspects of organisation.

Answer 2

Clinical protocol

Question 3

Decision nodes.

Answer 3

1- initial assessment.
2- initial treatment. 
3- monitoring response to treatment.
4- ongoing treatment.
5- monitoring response to ongoing treatment.
6- Discharge planning.